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TCA FOUNDATION: MIDDLE SCHOOL BUILDING UPDATE
Becoming a Reality . . .
BY BECKY D. LEWIS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOUNDATION
ROM TOPPING OUT TO CAMPAIGN COUNCIL EVENTS to
FGiving Walls, TCA is celebrating progress on the new Middle School. After breaking ground last June, we hit the midpoint of the construction process, and all is on schedule. Our new Middle School is becoming a reality! We are looking forward to welcoming students into the new building for the 2022-23 school year.
It has been an exciting and busy season of celebrating the building progress of the new Middle School. The TCA Foundation continues to fundraise to complete the building debt-free, and I am amazed and blessed by the generosity of the TCA community—thank you! I am grateful for God’s faithfulness and trusting Him with the completion of this project.
Topping Out!
TCA trustees and school leaders as well as representatives from Balfour Beatty, CBRE, GFF and the construction teams celebrated the building progress at the Topping Out ceremony on December 2. TCA leaders, Campaign Council members and all Middle School students, faculty and staff had an opportunity to sign their names on the final beam before it was lifted and placed above the front doors of the new building. Topping Out symbolizes completion of the steel structure and the midpoint of the project.
Giving Wall in the new Middle School
The Pursuing Excellence Campaign Giving Wall will be in a prominent area of the new Middle School and will recognize all donors to the campaign. Names will be listed in alphabetical order, and no gift amounts will be included. If you would like to be included on the Giving Wall, you can make a gift at www.tcapursuingexcellence.org.
Seventh- and eighth-graders sign the final beam that will complete the new Middle School’s steel structure. ABOVE - Head of Middle School Scott Berthel and Trustee Wesley Sneed at the Topping Out ceremony
Pursuing Excellence Campaign Councils
The Executive Council and the Leadership Council were established to recognize and thank lead givers to the Pursuing Excellence Campaign. Qualification for membership in the Executive Council is cumulative campaign gifts of $250,000 and above, and qualification for membership in the Leadership Council is cumulative campaign gifts of $100,000 and above. An additional giving wall will recognize members of the Executive Council and the Leadership Council.
Invitation-only council events include private dining experiences and in-home receptions with guest speakers Dr. R. Gerald Turner, president of Southern Methodist University, and Dr. Linda A. Livingstone, president of Baylor University.
For more information about the Campaign Councils or to set up a multi-year pledge, contact Becky Lewis at blewis@ trinitychristian.org or 972-447-4609.
Getting in on the Ground Floor
Balfour Beatty, the contractor for the new Middle School, provided TCA students a glimpse into the world of construction science and management. Balfour leaders invited students from the seventh- and eighth-grade High-Tech Robotics classes and the Upper School Honors Engineering Design class to tour the construction site and participate in a series of learning experiences. The first session focused on site preparation for the project, design of the fortified library that will serve as a storm shelter and the construction of the foundation.
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